Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events - Michel Faber
Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events
- Michel Faber
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi… - Michel Faber
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusi…
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le… - Michel Faber
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh with an impractically thin le…
Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty. - Michel Faber
Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them. - Michel Faber
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.
I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed. - Michel Faber
I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed.
Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it. - Michel Faber
Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti… - Michel Faber
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattenti…
And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what's on their minds? I'll tell you: … - Michel Faber
And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what's on their minds? I'll tell you: …
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